4.03 AVERAGE


beautiful & very vivid stories :) i particularly enjoyed lion’s den, inheritance, cossacks, and fresh air. 

lovely writing style, lots of college stories, lots of new york & great lakes.

A collection of short stories that feel very autobiographical. There are echoes between the stories, like the echoes from the unknown past Raphael writes about, and some of the characters reappear several times. The book is mostly about Jewishnes and the generational devide between camp survivors and their American born children. Some but not all stories include gayness as further theme but mostly as a way to explore a further example of belonging to difference. The collection functions well as a meaningful whole as well as a series of discreet stories.